EventKoi Quick Start Guide: Set Up Your First Event Fast

Just purchased EventKoi? This Quick Start Guide shows you exactly how to install the plugin, add your first event, and publish a calendar. It’s the fastest way to get EventKoi running without needing to understand every setting.

Installing EventKoi Pro and activating license key

Congrats on your purchase of EventKoi Pro! After your purchase, you should see a purchase receipt that looks like this.

1. Click Download plugin to obtain your copy of EventKoi.
2. Then Copy your license key. You’ll need it shortly.

If it’s relevant to you, you can also View invoice or Go to my account to view and update your account and subscription details.

After you download the zip file, do not unzip it. Later, you will upload the entire zip file onto your WordPress site.

Install and activate EventKoi in your WordPress admin

Log into your WordPress site.

1. Then hover over Plugins and click on Add plugin
2. On the top, next to the title, click on Upload plugin
3. Then Choose file. Select the zip file you downloaded earlier. Do NOT unzip the file.
4. Click Install now to install EventKoi onto your WordPress site.
5. After successful installation, Activate plugin.

Activate license key

1. Once the plugin is activated, you’ll be taken to your list of Installed plugins. On the EventKoi listing, click on Settings to go to EventKoi’s settings.
2. In the settings, navigate to the License & updates tab.
3. Paste your license key
4. Click on Activate license

You have now successfully activated your license. This enables you to get plugin updates directly in your WordPress website.

Set working days and week starts on

Now that you’ve activated your plugin and license key, it’s time to update your default settings.

1. Navigate to the Default settings tab
2. By default, your week starts on Sunday. If you prefer it to start on a different day, click the drop down and select your preferred day.
   For example, if you select Monday, you will see in your calendars that the first column is Monday, not Sunday. You can also adjust this on a calendar level, if you want to have different start days for different calendars.
3. By default, your working days are Monday to Friday. If you have different working days, select or deselect them accordingly.
   Your working days affect recurring event rules. There is a recurring event rule that allows you to only count work days. For example, you can have a recurring event that happens every other work day.

Next steps: Set up calendar and create events

You have successfully set up EventKoi on your WordPress site! You are now ready to set up your calendar and create events.

How to add a calendar to your site

Create your first event